Rampachodavaram Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Rampachodavaram

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 53

| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (53-Rampachodavaram highlighted).png

| map_caption = Location of Rampachodavaram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh

| state = Andhra Pradesh

| district = Alluri Sitharama Raju

| loksabha_cons = Araku

| reservation = ST

| established = 2008

| mla = Miriyala Sirisha Devi

| party = Telugu Desam Party

| latest_election_year = 2024

| electors = 260,323

}}

Rampachodavaram is a Scheduled Tribe reserved constituency in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}} It is one of the seven assembly segments of Araku Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|date=17 December 2018|website=The Election Commission of India|pages=19, 30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003220916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=24 May 2019}}

Miriyala Sirisha Devi is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party.{{cite web |title=Assembly Election 2019 |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS011.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=24 May 2019}} As of 2019, there are a total of 260,323 electors in the constituency.{{cite web|url=http://ceoandhra.nic.in/ceoap_new/ceo/documents/Electors_Summary%20_25.03.2019.pdf|title=Electors Summary|date=25 May 2019|website=Chief Electoral Officer, Andhra Pradesh|access-date=24 May 2019}}{{update after|2024|7}} The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).

Mandals

The eleven mandals that form the assembly constituency are:

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!Mandal

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year ! Member ! colspan="2" \| Political party
2024 \| Miriyala Sirisha Devi \| {{Full party name with color\|Telugu Desam Party}}
2019 \| Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi \| {{Full party name with color\|YSR Congress Party\|rowspan=2}}
2014 \| Vanthala Rajeswari
2009 \| K. K. V. V. V. Satyanarayana Reddy \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}

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Year

! Member

! colspan="2" | Political party

2024

| Miriyala Sirisha Devi

| {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}

2019

| Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi

| {{Full party name with color|YSR Congress Party|rowspan=2}}

2014

| Vanthala Rajeswari

2009

| K. K. V. V. V. Satyanarayana Reddy

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

Election results

= 2009 =

{{Election box begin | title=2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rampachodavaram}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = K. K. V. V. V. Satyanarayana Reddy

|votes = 32,654

|percentage = 34.16

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Chinnam Babu Ramesh

|votes = 21,851

|percentage = 22.86

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Praja Rajyam Party

|candidate = Seethamsetti Venkateswararao

|votes = 20,771

|percentage = 21.73

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,803

|percentage = 11.30

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 95,593

|percentage = 68.70

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser =

|swing =

}}

= 2014 =

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rampachodavaram}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Vanthala Rajeswari

|votes = 52,156

|percentage = 45.36

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Telugu Desam Party

|candidate = Seethamsetti Venkateswara Rao

|votes = 43,934

|percentage = 38.21

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,222

|percentage = 7.15

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 114,978

|percentage = 76.23

|change = +7.53

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

= 2019 =

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rampachodavaram}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = YSR Congress Party

|candidate = Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi

|votes = 98318

|percentage = 48.72%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Telugu Desam Party|candidate=Vanthala Rajeswari|votes=59,212|percentage=29.34%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Sunnam Rajaiah|votes=18,182|percentage=9.01%|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Gondi Balaiah|votes=5,013|percentage=2.49%|change=}}{{Election box majority||votes=39,106|percentage=19.38%|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=201,807|percentage=77.52%|change=+7.53}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = YSR Congress Party

|loser = Telugu Desam Party

|swing =

}}